Welcome to Imythess, the border between dreams and reality. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Imythess is a creative writing board where you narrate the story of a character in the medieval land of Imythess, on the planet Chaon. Each topic is an opportunity for your character to interact with the world and its peoples by cooperatively writing pieces of a story with other members, one post at a time. We call this role-playing, because you assume the identity of your character as if it were your own.

In order to play, you must register an account for each character you would like to write about, and begin their tale by filling out their basic profile information: Race (human, elf, demon, etc.), class (warrior, mage, etc.), physical appearance, and any other personal details you would like to describe. You are also encouraged to come up with some background history information for what your character's life has been like up to the point at which their story in Imythess begins.

There is no approval process or application required to join, so long as you follow the rules then you are free to write whatever character details you choose. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

A lot of RP websites have a concept of "canon:" an unchanging aspect of the setting that is indisputably true. In Imythess, canon is less objective. Instead, it depends on how many players use the information in-character. The more people who use the same piece of lore, the closer it is to "canon."

This gives you a lot of freedom to elaborate on the setting, adding any kinds of details you want. You can even reject pieces of existing lore you don't prefer quite so much. The catch here is that you aren't RPing in a vacuum; you're playing along with people who have their own view of the setting, too. If you don't like how Cascadia is an oligarchy and instead want to make it an oppressive ground-based empire with a pink and purple flag, you can do that, but it isn't very likely that the people you play with will accept that as "canon."

Articles posted in the Core Imythess Lore forum tend to be widely accepted as canon, and may even be subject to change if popular view changes. Supplemental Lore may also be well-received, but allows enough wiggle room for selective rejection of certain details or concepts. Since Local Lore represents the personal lore of specific members, you can use whichever articles you want and ignore the rest without consequence.

Help build the setting of Imythess by inventing your own details! Go totally wild. Who knows -- maybe your ideas will be considered "canon!"